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Sculpture Undergraduate BFA 3D Studies

New tools, in the hands of creative and well-informed conceptual thinkers, have changed the world and are transforming the way we think and feel.

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Jake Dewey, senior project

Students with visiting artist Rachel Hayes

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John Gray, public art

Undergraduate BFA 3-D Studies: Sculpture LSU Sculpture is committed to providing the highest quality and most comprehensive education in the three dimensional arts. The Sculpture area is an integral part of the School of Art and promotes cross-disciplinary investigation and collaborative ventures. The program welcomes a wide range of aesthetic approaches, both traditional and non-traditional.

The Undergraduate program begins by giving each student a broad based introduction to the many possibilities of sculpture.

Intermediate courses provide specific instruction in process and technique as well as the development of individual aesthetic direction. Advanced courses are focused on developing the student’s own unique vision and the creation of a cohesive body of work. The program maintains studios for undergraduate majors.

The Sculpture Area facilities provide a studio environment with an extensive range of equipment and material approaches. These facilities include a complete wood working shop with laser cutters, a CNC mill and 3D printer, all housed and maintained by the College of Art and Design. The Sculpture studios provide several fully equipped welding and fabrication areas, including forging stations, and an outstanding foundry facility with the capability of casting bronze and aluminum.

Student in metal shop

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Undergraduate Admissions The LSU School of Art seeks motivated, enthusiastic students regardless of previous background in the visual arts. However, admission into the BFA in studio art program is a selective two-part process that begins when a student who has been accepted by LSU’s admissions office indicates a preference for studio art.

Foundation Year The first part of the admissions process occurs when a student who is accepted by LSU indicates a preference for studio art as their major. The primary tool for identifying candidates to enter the studio art Foundations Program is a review of their high school academic GPA and ACT or SAT scores. Students who feel they would be better represented by a personal interview to present their portfolio should contact the School of Art office to schedule an on-campus meeting. Students who have been accepted for admission into the Foundations Program will be notified in writing.

Students who are not accepted into one of the major concentrations may complete the minor in fine arts.

Beginning Sculpture

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Beginning sculpture activity with visiting artists Transit Antenna

Bristi Smith, Beginning Sculpture

Beginning Sculpture

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Pouring bronze in the foundry

Student using the forge

Students assisting with Jason Heckenworth’s balloon installation

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Facilities Sculpture facilities provide a traditionally based studio environment with an extensive range of equipment and material approaches. Facilities include a complete woodworking shop (the Design Shop) with laser cutters, a CNC mill and 3D printer, and fully equipped welding and fabrication areas, complete with forging stations and an outstanding foundry facility, which provides the capability of casting bronze, aluminum, and iron.

Sculpture studio

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OIKphmw OMqEOeMkM PKdGKLlqRiKLdkOERjNHnlqRiKLdhmNpJF Activities Art in New York City For this concentrated period of study, our classroom will be the numerous cultural institutions located in New York. We will take daily excursions to museums. galleries, and alternative art organizations throughout the city to experience a diverse sample of contemporary art. Selected sites may include: Museum of Modem Art, PS1 contemporary Art Center, Museum of Art and Design, The New Museum, and the DIA center. Our class discussions and individual research projects will consider current trends in production and the role that cultural institutions, curators, gallerists, and collectors play in the ďŹ eld. We will also visit the studios and work places of arts professionals.

Art in New York City

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Art in Ireland Art in Ireland is a summer studio program based at the Burren College of Art. The college, a cutting edge facility built in the courtyard of 16th-century Newtown Castle, offers an opportunity for focused activity that draws upon the unique landscape of the Burren.

This places students in a setting where they are simultaneously surrounded by both the vastness of the Burren and an ecology that is conducive to a huge variety of plant and animal life—a setting that inspires much of the work created during the program.

From drawing and painting excursions that submerge students in the extraordinary landscape to site-specific sculptures created in the environment, the program engages students in new ways of seeing and experiencing the making of art.

The Burren College of Art is located in Ballyvaughan, County Clare, a typical Irish village complete with cafĂŠs, restaurants, and pubs. Students visit Ballyvaughan and the nearby village of Kilfenora for the traditional Irish music as part of the program.

The program also includes a trip to the city of Galway to visit galleries and art centers and a three day visit to the Aran Islands off the Irish coast.

Art in Ireland

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OIKphmw OMqEOeM PKdGKLlqRiKLdkOERjNHnlqRiKL Other Aspects of the Curriculum Art history The goal of the art history curriculum is to make artistic traditions relevant and to celebrate the masters of both past and the present in a way that enables students to develop an understanding of the history and criticism surrounding the studio area(s) in which they practice. The course work enables students to understand their own place in the continuum of culture and to use their knowledge of past periods and styles to inform their analysis of present and future projects, problems and practices.

A total of five courses (15 credits) comprise the art history requirement of the digital art curriculum.

Liberal arts and sciences In the 39-hour general education curriculum, students learn to think for themselves in new ways about the age-old questions of existence that touch upon each of our lives and find their way into every work of our creative expression. Students become more inquisitive, inventive and productive artists in the process.

The general education requirement represents a conviction on the part of the faculty that all students need to reason logically, communicate effectively and relate to the world around them. While courses completed in studio art develop specific knowledge and skills in a chosen profession, general education courses not only enhance awareness of the world and the people in it, but also foster an appreciation of the arts and humanities and provide a basic understanding of mathematical and scientific principles.

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Art history and general education courses are designed to produce students who have developed:

»» an effective command of written and spoken English,

»» an informed appreciation of the

roles of the arts and the humanities,

Katie Moser, advanced video installation

»» a familiarity with the nature and function of the social sciences,

»» an appreciation of the methods of critical inquiry,

»» an ability to deal with moral and ethical issues,

»» a reasoned basis for selecting a career path,

»» an understanding of other cultures and other times,

Cole Wiley, Advanced Sculpture

»» and a comprehension of how

knowledge is acquired and applied.

Barton Giley, kinetics

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Rodnyna O’Connor, senior project, performance

Summer Zeringue, senior project, site specific sculpture

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Eric Wiggins, Senior Project, metal fabrication

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Students graduating with the BFA in Studio Art demonstrate that they have developed:

»» a portfolio of original work suitable for either the pursuit

of graduate study or professional practice in their area of concentration;

»» an ability to conduct research and to synthesize solutions

to artistic, technical and conceptual problems within their area of concentration;

»» an understanding of art and design principles and skill in artistic, technical and conceptual decision making;

»» the experience to evaluate work in their field, including their own work, using professional language;

»» an eye for significant historical and contemporary cultural trends and styles that affect their work;

»» the skills to communicate their ideas professionally and

connect with their intended audience using relevant visual, oral and written presentations;

»» the professional and social behaviors necessary to cooperate and compete successfully.

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OIKphmw OMqEOeMkM PKdGKLlqRiKLdkOERjNHnlqRiKLdhmNpJF About the Faculty Malcolm McClay was born in Derry, Northern Ireland, and raised in Donegal, Ireland, he studied at the University of Ulster in Belfast, where he received a BA with honors in three-dimensional design. He earned an MA in sculpture from New Mexico State University and an MFA in sculpture Malcolm McClay

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and performance from the Ohio State University. There he co-founded the performance company Crisus. For the next 10 years at Crisus, he wrote, produced, and toured large-

scale multimedia performances throughout the US and abroad. In 1999, McClay moved away from performance to concentrate on interactive installation and kinetic sculpture. He moved from San Francisco to Louisiana in 2002 and joined the faculty of the LSU School of Art in the fall of 2003. McClay typically spends 10 months of the year in the US and two months in Ireland, and he regularly exhibits and curates throughout the US and Europe.

Malcolm McClay, “Ekstasis”, 36-hour performance

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Chris Hentz, “Illusion 01”

Christopher Hentz teaches jewelry and metalsmithing, CAD, CAM, RP, digital fabrication, and three-dimensional design. He has shown his work in nationally prestigious galleries, museums, and craft shows including the Smithsonian Craft Show and the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, as well as in Europe Chris Hentz

and Japan. He has lectured and taught workshops throughout

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North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia, focusing on the subject of form development unique to his construction

techniques. Hentz has been repeatedly acknowledged as an innovative designer and as an artist inventive with materials, processes, machines, and tool design, and his reputation has transferred to other media and disciplines. His ingenious use of digital fabrication has aided students’ projects to be realized as physical objects. Hentz uses CAD, CAM, and rapid prototyping in all of his classes from first-year to graduate levels.

Loren Schwerd received her BFA from Tulane University and her MFA from Syracuse University. She joined the LSU School of Art in 2005. She teaches 3D Design and all levels of sculpture.

She has been granted artist residencies at institutions such as the Djerassi Resident Artist Program, the Art Omi International Loren Schwerd

Associate Professor

Artists Residency, the Millay Colony, and the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology. Her works have been exhibited at The Center for Craft, Creativity, and Design, in North Carolina, the Dana Women Artist Series at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, the Dorsky Curatorial Projects in Long Island City, NY, the Prospect 1.5 New Orleans Biennial, the Craft Alliance in St Louis, the Luckman Gallery at California State University, and the La Triennale di Milano Design Museum in Milan, Italy. Her works have been featured in the documentary film City of Memory by director Robert Adanto and in international publications

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such as Design 360 Magazine, Issues in Science and Technology.

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